E-ARK Partners

Within the overall strategy of E-ARK the AIPs have a small but highly significant role. The structure of the E-ARK AIP must be derived not from individual implementations of existing technology providers, but from the major abstract concepts currently existing to ensure that conversions between SIP, AIP & DIP are developed only once.

This report examines and describes these concepts and derives recommendations from them, which will be used as a guide line in the next step, the design of the pan-European AIP format and the conversion tools supporting it.